Jay Townsend, campaign spokesman for Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.), has resigned after writing a Facebook comment calling for supporters to "hurl some acid at those female democratic Senators who won’t abide the mandates they want to impose on the private sector."

A statement from Hayworth's campaign was posted online. "Jay Townsend has offered, and I have accepted, his resignation from his position with my campaign," it read. "Now let’s return to talking about issues that really matter to families: job creation, spending restraint and economic development."

On Sunday, Townsend apologized for the comment, calling his words "stupid" and "easily misconstrued."

The apology came one week after Townsend's vicious online rant, in which he berated a constituent and advocated violence toward female democratic senators.

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

This isn't utter madness for Republicans. I think it's pretty darned smart of them to HOPE that everyone has forgotten about GEORGE BUSH, KNOWING THEY CAN COUNT ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S GNAT-LIKE ATTENTION SPAN AND VERY SHORT MEMORY OF WHAT WAS PRETTY AWFUL FOR THE MAJORITY DURING THE TWO TERMS OF BUSH 2. The American people are, however, UTTERLY MAD EN MASSE IF THEY ELECT MITT ROMNEY AND HIS RUNNING MATE PAUL RYAN TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2012.

As Bill Clinton is resurrected by the Democrats, George W. Bush is being erased by the GOP -- as if an entire eight years of American history hadn't happened.

While Bill Clinton stumps for Obama, Romney has gone out of his way not to mention the name of the president who came after Clinton and before Obama.

Clinton will have a starring role at the Democratic National Convention. George W. Bush won't even be at the Republican one -- the first time a national party has not given the stage at its convention to its most recent occupant of the Oval Office who successfully ran for reelection.

The GOP is counting on America's notoriously short-term memory to blot out the last time the nation put a Republican into the Oval Office, on the reasonable assumption that such a memory might cause voters to avoid making the same mistake twice. As whoever-it-was once said, "fool me once ..." (and then mangled the rest).

Republicans want to obliterate any trace of the administration that told America there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and led us into a devastating war; turned a $5 trillion projected budget surplus into a $6 trillion deficit; gave the largest tax cut in a generation to the richest Americans in history; handed out a mountain of corporate welfare to the oil and gas industry, pharmaceutical companies, and military contractors like Halliburton (uniquely benefiting the vice president); whose officials turned a blind eye to Wall Street shenanigans that led to the worst financial calamity since the Great Crash of 1929 and then persuaded Congress to bail out the Street with the largest taxpayer-funded giveaway of all time.

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) justified his extreme opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.

In an interview with KTVI-TV on Sunday, the GOP Senate nominee was asked if he supported abortion in the case of rape.

"From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," said Akin said of pregnancy caused by rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume maybe that didn't work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist."

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

Rep. Rick Berg (R-ND), the candidate for Senate from North Dakota, once voted for a bill that would have made any woman who obtained an abortion guilty of a homicide crime — even if it were in the case of rape or incest. Indeed, the bill Berg supported does not even contain an explicit exception if an abortion is necessary to save the woman’s life.

In 2007, Berg was among the small number of state representatives in the North Dakota House who supported the measure. It also would have imposed penalties on doctors and anyone else who “aids, abets, facilitates, solicits, or incites” a person into an abortion:

(HE'S WORTH ABOUT $30 MILLION DUE TO REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS...SO HE THINKS OF HIMSELF AS A GOD)

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

The words “tea party” are not normally associated with moderation and restraint, but a group known as the Asheville Tea Party is extreme even by tea party standards. The Asheville Tea Party published a lengthy rant comparing President Obama to Hitler (sample quote: “Hitler took control of the banks….Obama took control of the banks. Hitler installed Socialized medicine….Obama’s Administration passed Socialized medicine.”). They devote an entire section of their website to “Sharia, The Threat.” They offer a list of resources focused on the “communist take over of America” (sample article title: “How Many Members Of The U.S. Congress Are Self-Declared Socialists?”). And they are hosting an event tomorrow keynoted by a sitting North Carolina Supreme Court justice:

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) justified his extreme opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.

In an interview with KTVI-TV on Sunday, the GOP Senate nominee was asked if he supported abortion in the case of rape.

"From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," said Akin said of pregnancy caused by rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume maybe that didn't work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist."

Catherine--Delighted to see that you took my advice about Moron Todd Akin. (Maybe I shouldn't call him that; it denigrates morons...)

Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) justified his extreme opposition to abortion by claiming that victims of "legitimate rape" rarely get pregnant.

In an interview with KTVI-TV on Sunday, the GOP Senate nominee was asked if he supported abortion in the case of rape.

"From what I understand from doctors, that's really rare," said Akin said of pregnancy caused by rape. "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume maybe that didn't work or something. I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be on the rapist."

I was hoping that you were watching Real Time with Bill Maher last night because he had a clip--too short but delicious anyway!--of the recent debate between dirtbag Todd Akin and Claire McCaskill. She is a staunch and sturdy Democrat as well as being smart and a great lady (Not unlike yourself...). She eviscerated that old fool; made mincemeat out of him.

He hasn't got a ghost of a chance to get elected now that voters have seen what the two candidates are REALLY about

Remember how the McCain campaign would bus in people to be present during the campaign stops to make it look like he had more support than he actually did? Looks like Romney is doing this, too...and throws a temper tantrum in the process!

Mitt Romney packed the audience for a Univision forum earlier this week, BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins reports, busing in local supporters “after exhausting the few conservative groups on campus.” The campaign threatened to “reschedule” the event if organizers did not allow the “rowdy activists from around southern Florida in order to fill the extra seats at their town hall.”

Romney also refused to come out on stage after the hosts introduced him by noting that he “had agreed to give the network 35 minutes, and that Obama had agreed to a full hour the next night.” Univision re-taped the introduction after Romney allegedly “threw a tantrum.”

During the event, Romney dodged four questions about whether he would maintain President Obama’s directive allowing young undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States on a temporary basis and said that he is happy to be known as “the grandfather of Obamacare.”

Romney has a history of padding the audience. During a speech before National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) in June, the GOP presidential candidate also brought in his supporters to the address.

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

HERE'S ONE FOR THE UTTER MADNESS COLUMN SHOWING A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HARDBALL'S CHRIS MATTHEWS AND A FOOL IN THE KENTUCKY CROWD PRIOR TO THE VP DEBATE LAST THURSDAY NIGHT. ( I FOUND THE POST AT ALL THINGS DEMOCRAT, AN EXCELLENT SITE FOR DEMOCRATIC INFORMATION:)

Quote:

Matthews: Who said communist down here, what did you mean by that?

Fool: Well all you have to do is study it out, just study it out and you’ll see. You haven’t done your homework buddy.

Matthews: And what do I need to study?

Fool: He’s a communist, and those of us who are not voting for him know it.

Matthews: What do you mean by communist?

Fool: You don’t know?

Matthews: No, just tell me, help me out here.

Fool: You don’t know?

Matthews: I just want to know what you mean.

Fool: Oh I know what I mean.

Matthews: Well help us out, you’re on national television.

Fool: Oh I know I’m on national television

Matthews: Well tell me what you mean when you just accused the guy of being a communist, you think he’s an American?

Fool: You should study it out.

Matthews: Is he an American?

Fool: Oh no.

Matthews: He’s not an American.

Fool: No.

Matthews: What is he, what country’s he from?

Fool: Just cause he was born here doesn’t mean that he thinks like us. He’s a communist buddy.

Matthews: Okay thank you.

The most pathetic thing about this little exchange is, she’ll go home all proud of herself, her fellow idiots will pat her on the back; meanwhile most of the people who watch the video are just trying to wrap their heads around that level of stupid.

EXCELLENT post, Catherine! I was watching Matthews' "Hardball" when that happened and at that moment was kind of idly wondering if all the sassy liberals out here were doing the same. (Obviously some were!) You might also make it a point to catch Rachel Maddow regurarly at this stage of the pre-election madness. She's a marvelous lady who "made her bones"--that's Mafia-speak for earned genuine credibility--on Air America and graduated to a serious spot on MSNBC. She's smart, informed and always thoroughly prepared for her show to a degree that is so rare on television that I'd given up hopes of ever seeing its like again.

Three cheers to you, my friend for posting that. And also many thanks for the tip about ''all thingsdemocrat.com", an informative website that I knew NOTHING about!

AOM...you are SPOT ON about Rachel...I watch her every night. I also catch the Ed Show and I'm even getting to where I enjoy Rev. Al...I have been amazed at how MSNBC seems to be making an effort to counterpoint FAUX Noise, starting about 3 or 4 pm with Martin Bashier and ending with the Last Word with Laurence. I guess after Keith Olbermann left, they lost a lot of liberal viewers. Rachel Maddow is amazing...and I'm glad you like the new link.

DIDN'T YOU LOVE THE WAY JOE BIDEN WIPED THE FLOOR WITH LITTLE PAUL????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

if Daniel Craig ever quits being James Bond, Mr. Biden should maybe for the part!

I AGREE...COMPLETELY...AND HIS WIFE, DR. JILL, COULD QUALIFY AS A BOND GIRL. IN THAT COUPLE, WE'VE GOT BRAINS AND COURAGE AS WELL AS SEXY LOOKS! SURE BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ANYTHING THE REPUBS HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP WITH ON THEIR SILLY LITTLE STAGES. MITT WALKS LIKE HE'S GOT A VERY ROUGH COB UP HIS ASS. I SWEAR HIS WIFE IS TRYING TO UPSTAGE MAMIE EISENHOWER IN WEARING PINK ALL THE TIME!

OH...AND DID YOU SEE ED SHULTZ EXPOSING PAUL RYAN'S FAILED PHOTO OP AT THE ST. VINCENT DE PAUL'S SOUP KITCHEN?????????? Their aprons were starched, pressed, and didn't have a spot on them, and neither did the pots and pans little Paul was pretending to be washing! The workers had already cleaned everything up!!!!!!!!!!!!

VIDEO: GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan stopped at a soup kitchen in Youngstown, Ohio on Saturday, where he and members of his family washed dishes for several minutes. The head of the charity has since come out saying Ryan’s visit violated the organization’s apolitical status, and that Ryan “just came in here to get his picture taken.”

The comments at the link are worth reading, too....especially this one:

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The only soup kitchen Romney would get near is the corporate boardroom of Campbell's Soup, telling them he's mounting a hostile takeover.

DesMoinesDude

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman

NEW YORK -- A conservative scholar behind a high-grossing documentary that condemns President Barack Obama is under investigation by the evangelical college he leads over a report he took a woman who is not his wife to an event on Christian values.

The King's College board announced the review on Tuesday, the day the conservative Christian newsmagazine WORLD reported event organizers had confronted Dinesh D'Souza about sharing a hotel room with a woman he introduced as his fiancee. D'Souza filed for divorce from his wife, Dixie D'Souza, a few days after the conference, California court records show.

The event, Truth for a New Generation, was held the weekend of Sept. 28 in South Carolina.

In a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press, Dinesh D'Souza, who became president of The King's College in 2010, said he and his wife have been "living in a state of separation for two years." He denied sharing the hotel room with the other woman.

"Obviously, I wouldn't have introduced her as my fiancee if I thought we were doing anything improper," D'Souza said, adding they have called off their engagement.

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"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."Honore de Balzac

"Democrats work to help people who need help. That other party, they work for people who don't need help. That's all there is to it."~Harry S. Truman